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Having problems with your Acer Aspire 3000 Notebook ?

The battery on my laptop ACER will not hold a charge over 2 1/2 hrs. It was purchased 06/09

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If you want it to run for a longer time you need to go to power options in control panel of the operating system.. reduce the screen brightness and contrast.. if you still need more charge replace your batteries with the heavier ones.

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